No charges filed yet, but probe into St. Bernard Parish Hospital to continue in 2017

No charges filed yet, but probe into St. Bernard Parish Hospital to continue in 2017

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Updated: 6:43 PM CST Nov 30, 2016

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HEMORRHAGED MONEY SINCE IT
OPENED, $19 MILLION LAST YEAR
ALONE.
IT'S ONE OF NUMEROUS PROBLEM A
GRAND JURY DISCOVERED AS IT SENT
-- IS SPENT THE PAST YEAR
LOOKING INTO HOW THE HOSPITAL'S
FORMER BOARD SPENT AND MANAGED
MONEY.
THE GRAND JURY WILL NOT INDICT
ANYONE AS PART OF THE CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATION, BUT IT RECOMMENDS
THAT THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY
CONTINUE THE PROBE INTO THIS
MATTER IN 2017.
>> I EXPECT THEY WANT TO SEND
ALL OF IT TO A NEW GRAND JURY.
AS A DEFENSE ATTORNEY, IT CAN BE
A WIN, BUT MORE IT IS A DELAY
INTO THE INVESTIGATION.
REPORTER: THE FORMER HEAD OF THE
BOARD WAS ACCUSED OF USING MONEY
FOR ENTERTAINMENT AND
NON-MEDICAL RELATED ISSUES.
THE GRAND JURY ALSO SAYS, LANDRY
AND ANOTHER BOARD MEMBER ENGAGED
IN A CONSPIRACY TO REMOVE
ULTIMATE CONTROL OF THE HOSPITAL
AWAY FROM THE ST. BERNARD PARISH
COUNCIL.
FOR MONTHS, LANDRY HAS DENIED
ANY WRONG DOING AND HAS ACTUALLY
ACCUSED THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S
OFFICE OF ONLY INVESTIGATING
THIS MATTER AS POLITICAL PAY
BACK.
LANDRY PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS A
PARISH COUNCIL MEMBER AND RAN
UNSUCCESSFULLY FOR PARISH
PRESIDENT AND SHERIFF.
LEGAL ANALYSTS ROBERT JENKINS
SAYS THIS MATTER WILL SPILL INTO
2017.
>> THEY WILL LOOK AT MORE
INFORMATION, AND I JUST DON'
SEE IT AS A WIN FOR EITHER SIDE.
IT IS JUST A DELAY.
REPORTER: MOST OF THE BOARD
MEMBERS WHO WERE PART OF THE
INVESTIGATION HAVE BEEN
REPLACED.
THE PARISH IS WORKING WITH
OCSHNER ON A DEAL TO POSSIBLE
-- TO POSSIBLY RUN THE FACILITY.

No charges filed yet, but probe into St. Bernard Parish Hospital to continue in 2017